‘Exact Painful Retribution’: Donald Trump Promised to Seek Revenge Once Elected. Here Are His Enemies.

Vengeance was a central theme of President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign, and now that he’s headed back to the White House, attention has turned to those who might face his wrath. From presidents to cops, generals to journalists, Trump’s enemies list is far-reaching. Each one has been specifically singled out by the Republican standard-bearer in speeches or on social media, with demands they be prosecuted and even executed. Trump supporters have dismissed the president-elect’s rhetoric, saying he was just giving the GOP base what they wanted. He didn’t exact retribution in his first term, and he won’t in his second, they say. Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally at Lancaster Airport on November 03, 2024 in Lititz, Pennsylvania. With only two days until the election, Trump is campaigning for re-election on Sunday in the battleground states of Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Georgia. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) “I would love to be a special counsel or a viceroy and exact painful retribution on all these motherf—ers, because I think retribution is a key part of justice,” far-right attorney Mark Davis, one of Trump’s staunchest defenders, told Politico. But he continued, “It’s just not possible,”...